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Saturday, 25 January 2014

In
which G.M. Norton bows down to a hair-styling miracle.

A number of months ago, I was conversing with the
lovely Miss B off of The Forties Floozy, following her purchase of Sweet
Georgia Brown pomade.

During our hair care chinwag, Miss B recommended
that I should seek out a pomade by the name of Layrite. I must confess, I was a
little short on the old pennies at the time so failed miserably to back her
red-hot tip.

It seemed that every man and his dog had heard of
it. Do you ever experience this, dear reader? When it seems that everybody
knows something that you don’t?

Anyway, every now and again I would remember and perform
a little search on the World Wide Webular in search of said product. Alas, each
time I would fail to come up with the goods.

So when my favourite barbershop, BarberBarber
started stocking it, naturally I was tickled pink. Following a similar pattern,
I was forced to be frugal following the expense of Christmas and had to limp towards
pay day before I could venture out and get my hands on some. I also
got a much-needed haircut while I was there. Here is some visual evidence for your peepers.

Saturday, 18 January 2014

In
which G.M. Norton examines the history of the Hacking Jacket.

I was lucky enough to chance upon a hacking jacket,
when I visited a vintage fair before Christmas.

I briefly shared my purchase with you but I thought
it was deserving of its very own posting.

Made from a lovely tweed with greens and orange running throughout (and previously owned by a country gamekeeper no less), it
really is a handsome thing to behold. Although I am yet to give the jacket its
inaugural outing, it’s already one of my favourite items of clothing.

In
which G.M. Norton pens his latest gentleman's guide for Pretty Nostalgic magazine.

It was January last year when the opportunity first
arose to work with the lovely team that create the proudly independent
publication. ‘The sacred act of shaving’ was my debut writing appearance in
their March/April edition...

...before following this up in the July/August magazine with ‘The art of wooing a lady’.

Saturday, 4 January 2014

In which G.M. Norton risks his life and lives to tell the tale.

I enjoy the daily ritual of a wet shave so
when The Bluebeards Revenge pressed my hand with the offer of testing out one
of their shaving sets, naturally, I was only too happy to oblige.

The Bluebeards Revenge describe
themselves as "the ultimate shaving experience for real men". As a real man (as
opposed to those pretend ones), I jumped at the suggestion of trying out the shavette kit, which is
basically a cut-throat razor. After all, dear reader, you
are worth risking my life for.

The shavette kit duly arrived in a box
emblazoned with the company’s distinctive skull and crossbones design.
Generally, one is advised from an early age to be wary of things marked in this
way, but like many children, I was rather fond of pirates during my formative
years.

Upon opening the box
(or plundering the treasure, if you feel so inclined), I discovered that the kit
comprised of a 100ml tub of luxury shaving cream, a 100ml tub of post shave
balm, the all-important shavette ‘cut-throat’ razor and a Doubloon bristle
shaving brush.

Regular as clockwork

Best Vintage Blog in the UK 2014

Manchester's Best Vintage Lifestyle Blog 2013

What-ho!

G.M. Norton is an aspiring English gentleman. Follow
him as he embarks on a journey befitting fellow quest seekers Sir
Galahad and Mr. Phileas Fogg in search of his holy grail - a gentlemanly
existence. Prepare to dance with death and fox-trot your life away as
he regales you with tales of sartorial splendour, jolly japes and
dastardly deeds. A rip-roaring adventure awaits.